I freaking hate cold calling

My advice - first stop saying negative things about yourself. It builds poor self esteem, poor confidence and bad karma.

Second - stop cold calling, it is a waste of your time. I think you are finding that out. Check out this page - STOP Cold Calling! It may make you feel better and give you some ideas.

I would also suggest you alter your business model so it does not include cold calling. I expect that in the long run something like email marketing may prove to be much better. There is a ton of information on this forum about email marketing so hopefully you will be able to get such a system to work for you. Best of luck to you!

1. Don't call with the intent to see if there's an opportunity for you. Call with the solution to the common problems common with them.

2. Don't call 100 numbers. Call until 10am. Then call until 2pm. Then call until 5pm. As you become efficient with the calls your total counts should rise...or not! Depends on the conversations --- I'd rather have 10 solid conversations than 100 quick rejection calls.

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Hi....are you still doing MLM? that might be part of the problem

Make sure what you are offering really is of value. Something that biz will really need./want.

If you really hate cold calling don't do it JMO. Honestly from what I have seen you try to offer it is about mlm...and most biz owners are going to tell you NO...NO NO

most real biz owners are not going to get involved in trying to sell to others as a multilevel

Harsh? No just realistic

I still wonder why your so called "sponsors" in your MLM's don't offer you support?

Everybody can dial and do a cold-call. But can you close the deal?

Telemarketing is not for everybody You must have talent! It can be learned and you can become good but takes time and desire to do so.

Some in this forum say that it is easy. But it is not easy, you must be determined and go after the deal. Take no prisoners attitude! That's all she wrote!

Try other methods mentioned in this thread.

Why are you calling "former" business owners? These people are out of business. Some of them retired and don't want to work anymore. Some are in debt up to their eyeballs. Others are bankrupt. A few may be looking at new business opportunities, but the statistics say they're more likely screwed than not.

Why don't you offer services as a VA, writer, etc and start putting some cash in your pocket first? It shouldn't take too long to bank $200-$400.00. Then you won't be calling people from a position of desperation. That sucks and most people can sense it in your voice.

Find products that have a lot of other products to sell on the backend once you've made your initial sales. That way you won't be "one and done" when you sell something. You can keep calling and selling until they tell you to stop.

Look for a single niche that uses a lot of repeat expendables. Construction is great for this! Go buy products from your competitors, go direct to the manufacturer and see what their minimum order is in order to drop ship products, use Ebay and Amazon to buy and resell stuff.

Use your head and get creative.

The great Marlon Sanders once said "find out where the money is being spent and throw yourself in its path".

Do that and you'll make money, because you'll be contacting people that actually NEED what you offer and MUST buy it somewhere. Even if you suck on the phone you're going to accidentally make a few sales.

Now get to work!

By the way, yes I've done ALL of that and STILL do some of it.